Apple Wins Mystery Patent for Improved Composite Laminate ...
Every week we get to peek inside a little corner of Apple's R&D labs in some capacity. This week we're privy to seeing one of Apple's R&D teams thinking of of using a new material that could end up in any number of future Apple products ...

Apple sues HTC for patent infringement (Updated with specifics ...
United Shoe Machinery Company court cases, where the courts ruled United Shoe abused its patent portfolio to deliberately shut out competition? Given Apple's phenomenal growth rate with the iPhone, their marketshare for “smart” ...

The 271 Patent Blog: Lemley on Fixing the U.S. Patent Office
And because of the structure of the examination system, it might not even succeed in weeding out bad patent applications. Even if it did, however, the current fee structure makes patent quality self-limiting . . . the more bad patents ...

Spansion ITC Case Latest Round in Patent Battle over Flash Memory ...
The latest skirmish in a giant patent fight over flash memory chips in MP3 players, cell phones, digital cameras and tablet computers got a green light to proceed from the International Trade Commission. The commission voted yesterday ...

Dan Shapiro » How to read a patent in 60 seconds
Or… your boss has asked you to take a look at an old patent you wrote, and see if someone else is infringing it. And you have no recollection whatsoever, because it takes an average of nearly four years for a patent to be examined, ...

Pat Choate: Our “Innovation Crisis” & Patent Backlog | The Big Picture
Source: Innovation Crisis: Job Creation Stalled by Patent Backlog, Says Pat Choate Stacy Curtin Yahoo tech Ticker Sep 08, 2010 09:41am.

Choose My Adventure: Patent and Foxlight
Hey mon, it be da Patent troll! I be hearin' dat you been missin' me. Dat be rat'er strange since I be around ev'ry week. My adventures must be gettin' lost in da mail. (Or maybe I forgot ta write dem. Nah, it be dat mail eatin' mailbox ...

After the Patent Troll, Enter the Copyright Troll
We've heard of patent trolls, and most of us will probably despise them for hurting innovation and abusing the (already severely broken) US patent system. Well, Righthaven has a somewhat similar business model, but instead of buying up ...

Apple Patent Foresees Sexy, Bullet-Proof iPhone 5 | Web Design Cool
Apple patents come, and Apple patents go (and some get shelved for future legal battles). Yet occasionally one stands out: Like this one, for a cosmetically.

Apple patent promotes two-hand full gesture multitouch – tablet ...
Apple's new patent describes a sophisticated multitouch input method, in which you use all ten fingers, complex movements and other gestures. You can even type. The patent describes sensors which will work to identify exactly what your ...

How to Patent an Idea – The Complete Explanation | idea invention
First off: You can't.You can't patent an idea. It is against the law. Patents can only be awarded for things, processes, compositions, machines,

Patent Reexamination Delay Reduces Options for Patentees | Patents ...
Should you EVER amend a patent subject to inter partes patent reexamination if there is less than 5 years of patent term remaining?

The Patent Office Could be to Blame for a US “Innovation Crisis ...
Pat Choate, author of “Saving Capitalism From The Capitalists” and “Dangerous Business: The Risks of Globalization for America,” appears on Yahoo's tech ticker to describe what he sees as America's innovation crisis, a problem stemming ...

The Patent Office Could be to Blame for a US “Innovation Crisis ...
In re Ciprofloxacin Antitrust Litigation By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Second Circuit today denied plaintiffs' petition for rehearing en banc of its decision that the "reverse payment" agreement between Bayer and Barr over ciprofloxacin ...